It was on this day in 2006 that a national craze began when High School Musical debuted on the Disney Channel and scored big! Within the first few months, its various telecasts were seen by 36.5 million total unique viewers. The film spawned another Disney Channel sequel, followed by a third, which was released theatrically. …
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In The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the movie adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ popular children’s book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a group of siblings playing hide-and-seek discover that a wardrobe is actually the entry point to a fantasy world called Narnia. Together, the four children venture into …
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The world premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was held on this day in 2005. London’s Royal Albert Hall was decked out to look like an ice palace, complete with artificial snow and iced pillars. The icy blue carpet replaced the traditional red carpet for the celebrities and …
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“The sky is falling!” That’s the popular line from the classic fable that drew Disney Animation Studios to this charming story of a little chicken who causes widespread panic when he mistakes a fallen acorn for a piece of the sky. Chicken Little marked Walt Disney Animation Studios’ first fully computer-animated feature film—it was also …
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In 1974, former weatherman Robert A. Iger joined the American Broadcasting Company and served in a series of increasingly responsible senior management positions, including serving as president and chief operating officer of Capital Cities/ABC, where he guided the merger of ABC with The Walt Disney Company. He officially joined the Disney senior management team in …
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Today, September 12, Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) celebrates its anniversary. Introducing the Disney name into this vast country was a challenge, and the creators of HKDL went to great lengths to incorporate China’s culture into the new park. Hong Kong’s “eternal carnival” At the time, Disney President and CEO Bob Iger said, “You can’t take …
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Pictured from Left to Right: Diane Disney Miller, Bob Iger, Michael Eisner, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Linkletter. On this day in 2005, 50 years to the minute that Walt Disney first spoke these words at the opening of Disneyland — “To all who come to this happy place. . . welcome!” — Disneyland celebrated its …
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Dude! Yeah, you! Thanks for surfin’ over here. I’m, like, writing this just for you, nobody else, dude! Awesome! Do you, like, know that Crush the 152-year-old sea turtle in that gnarly film Finding Nemo? In the Disney·Pixar film, you watch hi… but, dude, starting on this day at that rockin’ Disney California Adventure, you …
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On May 5, 2005, Disneyland kicked off an 18-month long “Happiest Celebration on Earth” event to commemorate its 50th birthday. The celebration began with the launch of a number of new shows and attractions at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World, one of which included Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. Though it had been open to …
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The Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien, and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace freeway. Arthur’s only chance for survival is to hitch a ride …
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